LeRoy D Mason
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 27 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24637 while serving as Waist Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by fighters on approach to the target of Wilhelmshaven, Germany and then crashed at Tossens, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![The crew of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23778) nicknamed "Jenny", of the 44th Bomb Group, return to Shipdham following a raid on Germany, 29 January 1943.
The insignia attached to the breast of several crew members jackets has been censored.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Barratt's Photo Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 29 Jan 1943.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'First American raid on Germany. Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the U.S. Army Air Corps Carried out their first r](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379072.jpg.webp?itok=arU0mR30)
- Date: 27 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Buried |
27 February 1943 | Originally buried by the Germans in the Evangelical Cemetery at Bad Zwischenhan, Germany. Later re-interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery and finally his remains were repatriated in 1946 to the United States, probably in Wyoming. | |
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Born |
Sweetwater, County, Wyoming | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Tossens, 26969 Butjadingen, Germany | 27 January 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed near Tossens, Germany. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15501; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Burial event and Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15501; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15501 / MACR 15501, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 67by Bishop and Hey / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database